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Post by Robert smitherman: Saunders Street, SE11I was born in a prefab on Saunders street SE11 in the 60’s, when I lived there, the road consisted of a few prefab houses, the road originally ran from Lollard street all the way thru to Fitzalan street. I went back there to have a look back in the early 90’s but all that is left of the road is about 20m of road and the road sign.

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Not far from the madding crowd of Charleston’s hip but chaotic nightlife lies the tranquil enclave of Savannah. Shrouded in myth and mystery, with hidden nooks and crannies at every corner, there is always something new to explore.

Southwark is the area immediately south of London Bridge, opposite the City of London.

Southwark is on a previously marshy area south of the River Thames. Recent excavation has revealed prehistoric activity including evidence of early ploughing, burial mounds and ritual activity. The area was originally a series of islands in the River Thames. This formed the best place to bridge the Thames and the area became an important part of Londinium owing its importance to its position as the endpoint of the Roman London Bridge. Two Roman roads, Stane Street and Watling Street, met at Southwark in what is now Borough High Street.

At some point the Bridge fell or was pulled down. Southwark and the city seem to have become largely deserted during the Early Middle Ages. Archaeologically, evidence of settlement is replaced by a largely featureless soil called the Dark Earth which probably (although this is contested) represents an urban area abandoned.

Southwark appears to recover only during the time of King Alfred and his successors. Sometime in and around 886 AD the Bridge was rebuilt and the City and Southwark restored. Southwark was called ’Suddringa Geworc’ which means the ’defensive works of the men of Surrey’. It was probably fortified to defend the bridge and hence the re-emerging City of London to the north. This defensive role is highlighted by the use of the Bridge as a defense against King Swein, his son King Cnut and in 1066, against King William the Conqueror. He failed to force the Bridge during the Norman conquest of England, but Southwark was devastated.

Much of Southwark was originally owned by the church - the greatest reminder of monastic London is Southwark Cathedral, originally the priory of St Mary Overy.

During the Middle Ages, Southwark remained outside of the control of the City and was a haven for criminals and free traders, who would sell goods and conduct trades outside the regulation of the City Livery Companies. An important market - later to become known as the Borough Market - was established there some time in the 13th century. The area was renowned for its inns, especially The Tabard, from which Chaucer’s pilgrims set off on their journey in The Canterbury Tales.

After many decades’ petitioning, in 1550, Southwark was incorporated into the City of London as ’The Ward of Bridge Without’. It became the entertainment district for London, and it was also the red-light area. In 1599, William Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre was built on the South Bank in Southwark, though it burned down in 1613. A modern replica, also called the Globe, has been built near the original site. Southwark was also a favorite area for entertainment like bull and bear-baiting. There was also a famous fair in Southwark which took place near the Church of St. George the Martyr. William Hogarth depicted this fair in his engraving of Southwark Fair (1733).

In 1844 the railway reached Southwark with the opening of London Bridge station.

In 1861 the Great Fire of Southwark destroyed a large number of buildings between Tooley Street and the Thames, including those around Hays Wharf, where Hays Galleria was later built, and blocks to the west almost as far as St Olave’s Church.

In 1899 Southwark was incorporated along with Newington and Walworth into the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, and in 1965 this was incorporated with the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell and Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey into the London Borough of Southwark.

Southwark tube station was opened on 20 November 1999 as part of the Jubilee Line Extension.

The original plan for the Extension did not include a station between those at Waterloo and London Bridge; Southwark station was added after lobbying by the local council. Although it is close to Waterloo, not near the Bankside attractions it was intended to serve, and its only rail interchange is to London Waterloo East mainline station; the passenger usage matches those of other minor central stations. It does however get over double the traffic of nearby Borough station and around triple Lambeth North.

LOCATIONS ON THE UNDERGROUND MAP

All Hallows’ Church: All Hallows Church was built in 1892.Alsatia: Alsatia was the name given to an area lying north of the River Thames covered by the Whitefriars monastery.Barbican: The Barbican is a residential estate built during the 1960s and the 1970s in the City of London.Beormund Primary School: Community special school which accepts students between the ages of 5 and 11.Blackfriars: Blackfriars station was opened on 30 May 1870 by the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR; now the District and Circle lines) as the railway's new eastern terminus when the line was extended from Westminster. The construction of the new section of the MDR was planned in conjunction with the building of the Victoria Embankment and was achieved by the cut and cover method of roofing over a shallow trench.Blackfriars Bridge railway station: Blackfriars Bridge railway station was a railway station on the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LC&DR). It was constructed in 1864 and, for six months, was the northern terminus for a line from Herne Hill via Loughborough Junction. It was part of a scheme by the company to extend into the City of London. It ceased to be the terminus when the line was extended across the River Thames to Ludgate Hill where a temporary station in New Bridge Street was opened on 21 December 1864.Blackfriars Road railway station: Blackfriars Road (Blackfriars Bridge) railway station was a station on Blackfriars Road in south London on the South Eastern Railway between Charing Cross and London Bridge stations. The former entrance under the railway bridge is still clearly marked.Boutcher Church of England Primary School: Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 5 and 11.Charles Dickens Primary School: Foundation school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.Charlotte Sharman Primary School: Foundation school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 2 and 11.Charterhouse Square School: Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11. Admissions policy: Non-selective.
City of London Academy (Southwark): Academy sponsor led (Secondary) which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 19. Admissions policy: Comprehensive (secondary).
City of London School: Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 10 and 18.City Temple: The City Temple is a Nonconformist church on Holborn Viaduct.Cobourg Primary School: Community school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.Coin Street Family & Children’s Centre: This is a children’s centre.Elephant and Castle: Elephant and Castle is one of five London tube stations named after a pub.Elephant and Castle tavern: The name Elephant and Castle which now gives its name to this whole area of London was is derived from a coaching inn.Ely Place, EC1N: Ely Place is a gated road at the southern tip of the London Borough of Camden.Farringdon: Farringdon station - the terminus for the very first underground railway in 1863 - is a London Underground and National Rail station in Clerkenwell, just north of the City of London in the London Borough of Islington. It will change significantly when it becomes an important interchange station between the two largest transport infrastructure programmes currently under way in London, the Thameslink Programme and Crossrail, both of which are scheduled for completion in 2018.Fleet Market: The Fleet Market was a market erected in 1736 on the newly culverted River Fleet. Friars Primary Foundation School: Foundation school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.Grange Primary School: Community school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.Half Moon Court, EC1A: Halfmoon Court is the southern most of five passages leading eastward from Kinghorn Street.Harris Academy Bermondsey: Academy sponsor led (Secondary) which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 18. Admissions policy: Comprehensive (secondary).
Hicks Hall: Hicks Hall (1611 - 1778) was a building in St John Street, Clerkenwell, London.Hopton's Almshouses: Hopton Street has had almshouses since 1752.Kintore Way Nursery School and Children’s Centre: Local authority nursery school (Nursery) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 5.London Christian School: Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.London College of Printing & Distributive Trades: Miscellaneous which accepts students between the ages of 16 and 99.London Nautical School: Foundation school (Secondary) which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 18. Admissions policy: Comprehensive (secondary).
London South Bank University: Higher education institutionsMermaid Tavern: The Mermaid Tavern was a notable tavern during the Elizabethan era.Mudchute Kitchen Frizzante: Mudchute Park: Mudchute Park and Farm is a large urban park and farm just south of Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs.Mudchute Park and Farm: Newington Gardens: Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls’ School: Voluntary aided school (Secondary) which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 16. Admissions policy: Comprehensive (secondary).
Phoenix Primary School: Community school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.Postman's Park: One of the largest parks in the City of London, Postman's Park is a memorial to ordinary people who died saving the lives of others and might otherwise have been forgotten,Showing every photo/image so far featured, EC1N: Holborn Circus is a junction of five highways in the City of London, on the boundary between Holborn, Hatton Garden and Smithfield.Smithfield, London: Smithfield is a locality in the ward of Farringdon Without situated at the City of London’s northwest in central London, England.Snowsfields Primary School: Community school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.Southwark: Southwark is the area immediately south of London Bridge, opposite the City of London.Spa School: Community special school which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 19.St Andrew, Holborn: The Church of St Andrew, Holborn stands within the Ward of Farringdon Without.St Bartholomew’s Hospital: St Bartholomew’s Hospital, also known simply as Barts and later more formally as The Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew, is a hospital located at Smithfield in the City of London and founded in 1123.St Etheldreda’s Church: St Etheldreda’s Church is in Ely Place, off Charterhouse Street in Holborn, London.St George’s Cathedral Catholic Primary School: Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.St John’s Gate, Clerkenwell: St John’s Gate is one of the few tangible remains from Clerkenwell’s monastic past; it was built in 1504 by Prior Thomas Docwra as the south entrance to the inner precinct of Clerkenwell Priory, the priory of the Knights of Saint John - the Knights Hospitallers.St Jude’s Church of England Primary School: Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 5 and 11.St Mary Magdalen Old Fish Street: Mary Magdalen Old Fish Street was a church in Castle Baynard ward of the City of London, located on the corner of Old Fish Street and Old Change, on land now covered by post-War development. St Mary Mounthaw: St Mary Mounthaw or Mounthaut was a parish church in Old Fish Street Hill.St Michael Queenhithe: St. Michael Queenhithe was a church in the City of London located in what is now Upper Thames Street. St Mildred, Bread Street: The church of St Mildred, Bread Street, stood on the east side of Bread Street in the Bread Street Ward of the City of London.St Nicholas Cole Abbey: St. Nicholas Cole Abbey is a church in the City of London located on what is now Queen Victoria Street. St Paul’s Cathedral School: Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 4 and 13.St Paul's: St Paul's is a London Underground station located in the City of London financial district which takes its name from the nearby St Paul's Cathedral.St Paul's Cathedral: For more than 1400 years, a cathedral dedicated to St Paul has stood at the highest point in the City. St Saviour’s and St Olave’s Church of England School: Voluntary aided school (Secondary) which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 18. Admissions policy: Comprehensive (secondary).
Tate Modern: Tate Modern is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year. Thavie’s Inn: Thavie’s Inn was a former Inn of Chancery, associated with Lincoln’s Inn, established at Holborn, near the site of the present side street and office block still known as Thavies Inn Buildings.The Angel: The Angel was a public house in Webber Street.The Autism Project - CareTrade: Special post 16 institution which accepts students between the ages of 17 and 25.The Ring: The Ring was a boxing stadium which once stood on Blackfriars Road in Southwark.Tower Bridge Primary School: Community school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.Townsend Primary School: Community school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.Young Vic: The Young Vic is a theatre on the Cut, located near the South Bank.

PHOTOS OF THE AREA

Elephant & Castle (1910): The Elephant and Castle is a major road junction and the name of the surrounding area, largely superseding the name Newington.Fleet Street looking east (c.1920): Fleet Street, tradition home of British national newspapers, is named after the River Fleet, London's largest underground river.Ludgate Circus (1873): This image shows a weary-looking magazine seller stationed at Ludgate Circus.

Cruchley's New Plan of London Shewing all the new and intended improvements to the Present Time. - Cruchley's Superior Map of London, with references to upwards of 500 Streets, Squares, Public Places & C. improved to 1848: with a compendium of all Place of Public Amusements also shewing the Railways & Stations.

John Rocque (c. 1709–1762) was a surveyor, cartographer, engraver, map-seller and the son of Huguenot émigrés.
Roque is now mainly remembered for his maps of London. This map dates from the second edition produced in 1762. London and his other maps brought him an appointment as cartographer to the Prince of Wales in 1751. His widow continued the business after his death.
The map covers central London at a reduced level of detail compared with his 1745-6 map.

Engraved map. Hand coloured.
Insets: A view of the Tower from London Bridge -- A view of London from Copenhagen Fields. Includes views of facades of 25 structures "A comparison of the principal buildings of London."

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